In this gathering, we aim to bring the spotlight to some offbeat and unexpected collaborations, with a special focus on youth and skills, to both celebrate their success and out-of-the-box thinking but also to inspire and breathe new life into conversations around the SDGs and how to achieve them. By marrying current SDG ambition with a generation of young people eager to build skills and opportunities for the future of their communities, we can build generations that enable a multiplier effect.
In-Person
Solve Challenge Finals 2023
Solve Challenge Finals 2023 is an unparalleled live pitch event bringing together global investors, philanthropists and other cross-sector leaders who are making big impacts across the world. During the event, Solve will reveal the 30 most promising tech-based solutions that address our 2023 Global Challenges. A delegate from each of the selected teams will pitch their solutions live for a chance to win over $1 million in prize funding and to meet our community of supporters and collaborators.
Solutions Hub
The Solutions Hub is a one-day convergence of changemakers, thought leaders, supporters, and partners that are dedicated to inspiring and catalyzing progress, while highlighting youth-led solutions for global change. This immersive and interactive experience will showcase a range of unique perspectives, innovation, and leadership experiences from our dedicated and young changemakers and esteemed partners.
Limited tickets are available for GGW partners. Email [email protected] for further details.
SDG Challenge Miami – Launch Event
The SDG Challenge is a student competition that provides practical work experience to mobilize companies, organizations, universities, and students in Miami to advance the UN SDGs. Companies in South Florida will be the key drivers of the challenge and will lay the foundation for students to become the next generation of sustainability leaders.
Goals House UNGA
Goals House will be at Tavern on the Green to convene heads of state, business leaders, NGO’s, activists, thinkers and entrepreneurs to drive action and impact towards the Global Goals. This year promises another busy program with partners, including Bloomberg, HSBC, Bank of America, (RED), Google, Community Jameel, Holcim, Mastercard, Patch, Reckitt, IUCN, Youth Climate Justice Fund, the Gates Foundation and Bayer already lined up to host events, with many more conversations in progress.
Return on Investment: How to Maximize Historic U.S. Climate Funding
The Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act together have the potential to catalyze unprecedented investments in an advanced, clean economy—creating millions of good-paying jobs, reducing energy costs, strengthening U.S. competitiveness, and closing opportunity gaps for disadvantaged communities. These two landmark laws are already delivering results, with thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in new investments in states across the country.
Ceres Network Member Event at Climate Week: Turning Transition Plans into Action
The time is now for every investor and company to detail the bold actions they are taking to achieve their climate goals, to support global efforts to limit average temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees, and to accelerate the transition to a net zero economy. We will highlight the tremendous momentum for investor and corporate transition plans and illustrate how Ceres’ CTAP and ICAP Expectation Ladder frameworks interact.
This event is by invitation only.
How Investors and Companies Can Help Protect the Freedom to Invest Responsibly
Special interests and their political allies in Congress and in statehouses across the U.S. are working to ban businesses from integrating responsible investment and business practices into decision-making. Freedom to Invest has rallied hundreds of private and public sector leaders to remind policymakers that the economy will be stronger and more resilient if businesses can make their own investment decisions, considering all material financial risks and opportunities.
A Question of Fit: EV Stakeholder Roundtable
As groundbreaking incentives and regulations accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and chargers alike, many fleets are focused on ensuring the vehicle market can provide the right EV for each of their cases. Additionally, they search for reliable charging availability for vehicles with varying drive-and-duty cycles and time schedules. Now is the time to address these questions of fit so fleets of all shapes and sizes can access the financial, operational, and environmental benefits of EVs.
Global Citizen Festival
Join us in Central Park as we call on world and corporate leaders to make commitments to end extreme poverty. Take action now for equity, for the planet, for food and for jobs.
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
Alongside the SDG Summit 2023, during the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, this year’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit will convene business leaders, UN officials, Government leaders, SDG stakeholders and civil society professionals from across the globe to comprehensively review the private sector’s contribution to advancing the SDGs.
High level opening by Youth Global Action
The high-level opening brings together the most important actors of youth change in Yucatan with the sole purpose of making a call to action with the Sustainable Development Goals in Yucatan, México.
Liverpool 2030 – From Sustainable To Regenerative Tourism
This is the kick-off event for #GlobalGoalsLiverpool, a week of local to global conversations with Day 1 exploring Destination Liverpool, which connects the regional visitor economy to the SDGs.
SocialGood Lagos Summit
Achieving the SDGs by 2030 requires audacious and innovative ideas and solutions that will lead to exponential outcomes in the society. Understanding the critical role played by social entrepreneurs, and the power of ideas in shaping our world, the SocialGood Lagos Social Good Summit brings various leaders together to exchange insights from others who are making strides in change and impact to co-create solutions towards accelerating progress towards the goals.
Alliance Action Forum – A Spotlight on Regional Perspectives on Embedding Corporate Accountability within the UN System
This forum is a dialogue on the power of collaboration and knowledge-sharing among allies to bring tangible, multi-stakeholder initiatives to life on corporate accountability. It is now clear that measuring and evaluating business impact through increased mechanisms for corporate accountability cannot be achieved by a single organization, government, or stakeholder group. This event will highlight regional perspectives with an emphasis on stakeholders from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Zero Waste Market
The Zero Waste Market is a space for young entrepreneurs with zero waste businesses that promote environmentally responsible products and use alternative materials in the production of products.
Good Food For ALL: Breaking the Cycle of Food Crises and Accelerating Progress on SDG2
The SDG2 Advocacy Hub will gather key voices across the SDG2 space to co-create a day of action on the sidelines of the SDGs Summit and UN General Assembly in New York City. The Good Food For All – SDG2 event will raise the visibility of and re-energize the SDG2 space, coordinate and strengthen collaboration around SDG2 and across all the Global Goals, and build synergies around SDG2 and its solutions to accelerate action up to 2030.
Impact State of Mind – UNGA #78
Join us to kick-off Global Goals Week and Climate Week with networking, hearing from inspiring speakers, and enjoying food and drinks with good vibes.
Climate Innovators Café
Join an international gathering of innovators working on global solutions to climate change. The evening will kick off with a keynote by Peter Freudenstein, Climate Policy Manager at the renowned Swiss company Climeworks, which specializes in direct air capture (DAC) technology. Next, a group of climatetech founders will take the stage to deliver rapid-fire pitches unveiling their next-generation technology.
Closing the Corporate Accountability Gap in Support of the SDGs
During this high-level panel and networking event, WBA will launch its white paper on corporate accountability in pursuit of the SDGs. The paper puts forward an understanding of corporate accountability in the context of global agenda and as a process that involves many stakeholders and in its ability to transform companies. We will bring together leaders across governments, businesses, and civil society and more, to better understand each of our roles in closing the corporate accountability gap.